Energy Harvesting for Battery-less IoT Device Operation

This component project of the CIDR program explores a battery-less IoT device through multiple energy harvesting technologies. The environmental, economic, and logistical issue of battery replacement in the deployment of millions of IoT devices can be solved by utilizing super-cap instead of batteries. One possible solution for realizing these battery-less IoT devices is through multiple energy harvesting with design optimization of the circuit power consumption. Moreover, this project aimed to develop a customize and reconfigurable power management integrated circuit (IC) designed chip with different energy harvesting technologies; a combined or stand-alone energy harvesting unit (e.g., light, thermal, and RF sources), depending on the application of the wireless sensor node (WSN) or IoT device.

Personnel

Project Leader	Jefferson A. Hora, PhD
Supervising Science Research Specialist	Kriz Kevin C. Adrivan
University Research III	Mark Eric C. Andam Ritt Vincent A. Librado Johanna Mae B. Quinalayo
Project Development Officer III	Margie S. Arda
Science Research Specialist II	Emrys Leowhel T. Oling Marvin Hora
Science Aide	Rachel Joy N. Ugnay
Project Staff	Olga Joy L. Gerasta Edgar Alan A. Donasco Nieva M. Mapula Harreez V. Quimque Kevin O. Maglinte
Student Affiliates	Mike Martin Diango Robert Comaling Lawrence Grana Marc Macbeth Toledo Marjie Anne Thezza Teleron Alyssa Marie Vergara Clark Rojen B. Casanes Nathan Rhei N. Remo Kirt Menard L. Ugay Luisa Mae M. Mamburao Quezza Phola S. Patulin Winzil Khaye V. Pitogo

Activities

The project will have five (5) major activities:

1. Develop system models for the multiple energy harvesting input blocks.
2. Model/Circuit characterization development of key energy harvesting building blocks.
3. Circuit design, simulation, layout and verification of key energy harvesting building blocks.
4. Circuit design of the proof-of-concept multiple energy harvesting sources.
5. Establish two (2) mirror laboratories.

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